Julie C Cardoza LMFT

09/02/2026

At what age in mental health should we be discussing the importance of the menopause transition?

09/02/2026

A rare fictional read for me but a rich story of how narratives shape our lives. Lots of trauma experiences in this one but so relatable. I my work with those in Midlife, especially EMDR so often its yhe emotional repairs, the finding our true value and the courage we have always been that's the medicine.

09/01/2026

Trauma often has a public audience.
Just finished the audio of Amanda Knox's Free: My Search for Meaning, read in her own voice. Less about the case, more about the after — building a life you never asked for, under other people's eyes, without letting their story become yours.
Unsentimental and worth the listen.
Resilience

08/22/2026

🌠 NEW GROUPS forming soon!
I specialize in consultation that supports your learning and growth. It's a challenging field and there's space for you here. If you are looking to learn about EMDR, Trauma, Transitions I specialize in where there are often these converging. I offer individual and limited specialized groups in the Fall and Spring. Let's connect!

08/12/2026

🆕️ Title Update and Link:
https://www.wholebrain.institute/lunch-and-learn

An updated title for Whole Brain Institute lunch and learn and free CE Webinar this month. Join in to learn more on Menopause and Mental Health and how this neuroendocrine transition impacts our work and case conceptualization in trauma therapy and EMDR. Hope to see you soon!

08/04/2026

Menopause, Trauma and Burnout are often linked — and understanding how trauma shapes symptoms can change treatment. In my latest post I explore how childhood abuse and neglect show up in hot flashes, insomnia, and burnout — and what effective care looks like. Read more: https://wix.to/NoQHTXS


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Nearly half the women in one menopause study reported childhood abuse or neglect — and those histories track with more hot flashes, more insomnia and more objectively recorded night-time symptoms. Trauma does not just coexist with this transition. It shapes how hard it is.

07/29/2026

How are we case conceptualizing mental health care and menopause? Many important issues emerge during the late critical window of this transition. How are we taking a lifespan perspective including looking for brain based concerns like ADHD. There are many reasons it can announce itself in the transition. I am curious how you are seeing this in your therapy spaces?

07/28/2026

Two self-study CE courses for licensed therapists, both sitting on the overlap of menopause, trauma and mental health.

Menopause & Mental Health: A Comprehensive Clinical Framework for Therapists · 6.0 CE · $119
Assessment and treatment planning across the transition — the symptom picture, what to ask, how to build a plan that holds the psychological, relational and identity work alongside the physical.

Bridging the Gap: Perimenopause & Trauma · 2.0 CE · $33
Childhood adversity and the perimenopausal body · the HPA–HPG stress mechanism · PTSD as an amplifier of the transition · integrated screening for trauma and perimenopausal symptoms · trauma-informed treatment planning · post-traumatic growth.

Our field offers almost no training on menopause, so what these courses hand over is language and clinical capability — terms you can use in session, a way to organize what she is reporting. The biology belongs to medicine. The biopsychosocial field — her understanding of her body, a changing identity, sleep, stress, pleasure, her relationships — is squarely ours.

Self-paced · certificate included · enroll at juliecardoza.com
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Julie Cardoza, MS, LMFT (LMFT 41066) is approved by the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists to sponsor continuing education for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs and LEPs. Provider 61115. Julie Cardoza, MS, LMFT maintains responsibility for these courses and their content. Menopause & Mental Health meets the qualifications for 6.0 hours of continuing education credit and Bridging the Gap meets the qualifications for 2.0 hours, for LMFTs, LCSWs, LPCCs and LEPs as required by the California Board of Behavioral Sciences. Learning objectives, instructor qualifications, refund and cancellation policy, grievance procedure and accommodation requests are at juliecardoza.com.

07/24/2026

Another quick book review.... I appreciate this for a beginner educational perspective on late-diagnosis ADHD which is an important topic. Practical tools and tips. and validations from a coaching perspective. What are you read/listening to? I am taking recommendations!